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for tho murder. The Jury, however. disagreed
In .eneh case, and he was finally discharged

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s.ssre has been onlSy, one funeral q such he, char T;
pooles. This was that OF Jimmy" Elliott, killed
,S Sy ,s55o5I FROM d R"R9 S,oI L. gnsiI IRIS YSnoI in l ssme a ND
was aitendsa 81 sosshs, blackiSes, gamblers,
and sports OF all kinds.
THE NATHAN MYSTERY.
,h T9 Ns,h l. the %o Sss;sq nn TnIx 81. Is1s. s &C p %o q
Twenty.third street, the BUILDING. now used ~
az s sspr Sis sso%R yons. and adt iscip Fb tse s son.e f hSs
in Question Mr.. Benjsmln Nathan, a broker and
rom Mo %ahsoT n a hndI planned ,nrsSp to f pnss the night
His sons. Frederick. his f~avorite, and Wash
ington, who was something Of n scapegrace,
were IN town, and h, expected to meet them.
The former was a broker Of repnte, IKE his
whose pastimes were a sCurce, n much anxiety
t. his vsnsraAbls ia,hsr; i. But Ut MIR MIR: N saI1s5 , ra,
proof against gain %ns"bi but Il the %0 a rave mtsdocds'
and or this night The old nan decided once
Mr. fn Sa tT9,S Kept Rcr' R Rfsfi aDmli " ~ sHs 't and he DC DE-
cided to look over these familiar archives after
m he h. f so he d ire hSapMSH rs. Rpsilgy t, Si asrs Sa 5h e
bed Of mattresses unon tho .loor, OF the recep-
tlTP room room! i% anS ,%sss he sd ,SankEi b bis w l5,illG
Cd scniiSmssn, sI,sT H. bed /, G ia + Ss ,Si me- BE;
IHTtu, IDtSStuf N'T lpuIS III us lllli Vlli'n
engaged with his affairs. As tho hours pissed
footsteps sounded les. frequently UPON the
E wsndSS Wiy i,Is .d ,,sn aii iI not o ra,n mnn f frs,l wa sS
VIII" we're still in the city; Wash, was 'e%iiiihkIng
glasses With men 81 questionable reputo and
women OF tho d~eni-monde.
Mint, nse s ssSS%d]in bu q v q storm Ss rs grey is A stl H. N hifiht,
repfacSI the case in small saio' which stoodin,
tho corner Of The, little room, locked tho iron
door; dIf o2 rc.d. tR %ii hhHys in int 4d his r c25ay f. and RaJ Pre- re.
Nathan entered u, house. rassIns lie saesp.
still awake, chattcd with him for II timc about
WASH" who war. still away from home. and
t h; kissing hls faihe m, Hi q r the = f2 pre- Sad
room. Mr.. Nathan watched his son leave the
room YIN thS saKerness or = parent who IS
f" IS s al h'S ! Sl'' a !o Sa,h a nam sn, npsI f ths hSnse,
and observing. as he aiter,wsald declared. his
his father sleeping peacefully upon his bed Of
.T%atrolman John ,Mangam. Of the Twcnty-
ninth preclnct, had that night tho post on
saw q light lash for a momcn,, in ;he windows
Of tho splendid house OF tho banker mil
] lGIsnnisSS' bp naS ' a"s r% q! was S M"hsam The S,t ssY
along, Twenty- third street toward Sixth ave:
nue.. thinking OF his relief at 0 O'clock and Of
distance vibrant Will, terror; calls to him;..
Ms3 1nssm 9s nlnnd rI k3T G asrSi sake SM harr IN III,
ii aS. ss s5sIs % Il thfis hS% and ipi Frsa SaiHan. the
but calm. They shouted W;ain while Manram
was going toward them. SO eAc:tedly that le
WINE to he rv Was "n n1. TSnt uR W Sfa stsp ssc at match q ansh,
"""Onicer, quick My. fathers boen murdcredl"
Washington chlmed In, like an echo:
Fathers lying murdered M stairs
Mangam threw down his waterproof. went
t en The tHo s sIGssa fhii'n &i a,a si w"itin q y q seS L t Fhhp
summons for assistance was answered. he
rushed up stairs; after inunirinG of the boys"
In the house. He was told where the murdered
man was, Going into the reception room and
turning the pile Of mattresses aside. ho saw one
q the most GIastly spectacles that ever met
the eve of q policeman.
,Lying With It's feet on the threshold Of the
was the bod, OF Benjamin Nathan. 90 covered
with blood that tho corpse resembled a red
tbr einr setter dog T s,s,esp w more ey ,h1n , a hiaman
E 1T. tho bon murdered dc %dr man had t Sant dead Rard for
placing his ward detectives on the case, and
notifying superintendent John ,Jourdan and
Of the murder had been telegraphcd to Police
Heud1nnrterS detectives arrived in g short
fb'IH oediy q %qnsyra haa and s's salt tint GfsI' isjn ri mfSn ay
had nevor witnessed u %bloolier scene or greater
evidences of Il terrible and determined struggle
for HE on. the part Of u victim. Hardly had
they regained their self possession when Chief
Jourdan and Capt. KelsO entered the room, and
5 5esy;d a10 ss Tsti IRg. so. f!e Il LOOKUP XII! at tt thy fTa oiy,
cast u glance round tho room, gazed upon the
ssi %S{is s y . msss, q s the s.ruf FL ys sss f Sis {
as he called out to kelso, Come here andthe
two retired to a corner of the room to discuss
On III. NNathan's body were the marks of
eleven or twelve distinct blows. evidently In.
tlicted with an instrument. and that II blunt
one. There. were four wounds on the hoad.
two. OF which were each sufficient to cause i'm
mediate death. 1t is certain, that BENJAMIN
the first OF them. Upon his right hand were
the marks of two crushing blows sufficient to
R Srsai esr's There %, TIVE %e rsf iiSe ot 1na m 1rndisG of the the
instrument upon his arms, breast, and back.
The body lay in n pool Of blood, three by four
smaller pools. Everything pointed to u strug-
rs having .rn taken place &c In In the 40 diGSPrrwny between
and the little hall BEDROOM or Office. Tho most
desperate struggle evidently occurred in the
angle formed by the west and front wills.
Here. covering IL space OF four by three feet,
were gouts, blotches. and sineurs of blood. and
the imprint Of bloody fingers. Ono set Of these
son whose hand had touched the wall had pur-
posely DIPPED his hand in blood and placed 1t
f hnnd of i he G mMrd sse di msn' AID sIe Was Io irHm a !a'1
lcdylike, with well-kept ilngers-in short, that
Of 3 gentlemen, en- a,, ,,ow w.s s.u,o, uo. ,,o,u,r
and accurately defined. There WAS u smear on
ths wall. as IL when strpggling hand-to;hand
WIN Ills .dSbullHnt.O lu MT. AMMAN received u
crushing blow and pitched headlona to the floor.
He could have been safely loft there by the
murderer. but whoever he Inny have boon, lie
evidently did not think 80. This is proved by
the fact of tho body being found q distance Of
four feet from the smear on the wall alluded to.
1t was evident that another blow WAS dealt.
with. q view Of making sure Of 1he old mans
death and thus avoiding the possibility of the
story Of the crime ever coming from hislips.
A, thorough examination OF the room ro-
yealed little or nothing that was Of value to
the police. 1t was apparent thnt whoever illed
old Mr.. Nathan also committed robbery, either
to make 1t appear that tho crime WAS tho work
OF a thief or secure enough money with which
TO leave the city. The murdered mans keys
had been taken from bis pocket. whether be-
fore or after his death Is. OF course, not known.
The safe in. his private Office had been I'M
locked. This WAS II somewhat peculiar cir
cunstanee. as the safe could hardly have dis
covered It's existence.
From the safe had been taken some old coins
OF value only to collectors. Tho safe had also
been riiled. In 1t MIR. Nathan kept for house,
keeping purposes sums ranging between 800
and 5000 or 300. Some family trinkets.. val
liable only as old gold, were also taken. There
was u partly written check on the desk, mud
from the room where the body lay there had
been taken a Jurgensen watch and chnln worth
5000 and three diamond studs evidently taken
from the victims shirt, which was all bloody
with finger marks. In the bntl room basin the
murderer had washed his hands. He had evil